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A cost-effective and efficient approach for generating and assembling reagents for conducting real-time PCR
J Biosci. 2021;46:109.ABSTRACTReal-time PCR is a widely used technique for quantification of gene expression. However, commercially available kits for real-time PCR are very expensive. The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has severely hampered the economy in a number of developing countries, resulting in a reduction in available research funding. The fallout of this will result in limiting educational institutes and small enterprises from using cutting edge biological techniques such as real-time PCR. Here, we report a cost-effective approach for preparing and assembling cDNA synthesis and real-time PCR mastermixes with simila...
Source: Journal of Biosciences - November 30, 2021 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Ridim D Mote V Shinde Laxmikant Surya Bansi Singh Mahak Tiwari Hemant Singh Juhi Srivastava Vidisha Tripathi Vasudevan Seshadri Amitabha Majumdar Deepa Subramanyam Source Type: research

It Takes Courage: Re-Emphasizing Our Institutional and Societal Commitment to Diversity, Respect, and Inclusion
Recent events have highlighted the unfortunate, discriminatory, and, at times, violent or criminal actions taken against members of the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities. These events, including attacks on women and the elderly, constitute a threat to the health and well-being of not only the AAPI community, but also to the principles of diversity, inclusivity, respect, and civility. Data recently released [PDF] by California State University, San Bernardino, indicate a 149% increase in anti-Asian hate crimes reported to law enforcement between 2019 and 2020, including staggering increas...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - March 29, 2021 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Matt Mills Tags: Director’s Messages News Biomedical Research Enterprise Source Type: blogs

Management and Data Sharing of COVID-19 Pandemic Information.
Authors: Gao F, Tao L, Huang Y, Shu Z Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an ongoing global pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. During the past 10 months, COVID-19 has killed over 1 million people worldwide. Under this global crisis, data sharing and management of the COVID-19 information are urgently needed and critical for researchers, epidemiologists, physicians, bioengineers, funding agencies, and governments to work together in developing new vaccines, drugs, methods, therapeutics, and strategies for the prevention and treatment of this deadly and rapidly spreadi...
Source: Biopreservation and Biobanking - December 17, 2020 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Biopreserv Biobank Source Type: research

Urgent Competitive Revisions to NIGMS Grants to Address the Coronavirus Pandemic
We’ve published a notice of special interest (NOSI) (NOT-GM-20-025) to address the urgent need for research on the SARS-CoV-2 virus. We’ll accept competitive revisions (supplements) in three specific scientific areas: Incorporation of data related to SARS-CoV-2 into ongoing research efforts to develop predictive models for the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and other related infectious agents (all grant and cooperative agreement activity codes)Repurposing or modification of diagnostic tools currently under development to enable rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 infection (SBIR/STTR grants only)Rapid development of potential thera...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - March 25, 2020 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Funding Opportunities Resources Administrative Supplements Source Type: blogs